We are so screwed (but at least we did it to ourselves). “This is a country of moral failures, not simple mistakes.” (The Ecstatic, Victor LaValle, pg. 27)
We have met the enemy, and he is us.
Or, as Senator Roark said, “Power comes from the lie. Lying big and getting the whole damn world to play along with ya. Once you got everybody agreeing with what they know in their hearts ain’t true, you’ve got ’em by the balls.”